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Performance management · Gathering evidence

A manager tells you they want to fire someone 'for attitude.' Walk me through how you get them from impressions to evidence before anything formal moves forward.

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I'd tell the manager 'attitude' isn't something we can act on, but the behaviors underneath it usually are — so let's find them.…

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